Two killed in Columbus traffic accidents

Columbus police are investigating two separate fatal crashes late Monday night and early Tuesday morning.

On Tuesday morning, Brian Bowersmith was killed in a two-vehicle crash at the Holt Road and Georgesville Square Drive South intersection on the Far West Side, according to the police Traffic Bureau Accident Investigation Unit.

On Monday night, a North Side man died after his SUV crashed on Interstate 71 northbound near Morse Road, police said.

Geoffrey Jurusik, 64, was driving north on the interstate approaching the Morse Road exit shortly after 11 p.m. when he lost control. He struck the center median wall on the left, then traveled right across all northbound lanes of traffic and ended up off the roadway.

The vehicle flipped over several times, ejecting Jurusik, who was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:20 p.m., police said.

The two deaths are the 39th and 40th traffic fatalities in Columbus this year.

jwoods@dispatch.com

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